JANUARY I always hope that I’m going to start the year with a couple of strong books, particularly as I never seem to get as much reading done as I’d like to over the preceding Christmas period. Well, January 2016 was certainly no disappointment; looking back I loved pretty much every book I read that […]

What I did So now it’s out in the open I can preface my monthly catch up with the context that one is up le duff, and has been so since early September. One has also been incredibly, incredibly ill (I won’t bore you with the details), and it’s been incredibly hard keeping it […]

What I did So after a pretty non-stop September, I spent most of October suffering under a lingering cold. Feel free to skip this month – it wasn’t particularly exciting! Particularly as I missioned through Sober October (helpfully, feeling dreadful with that headcold helped, as the last thing I wanted was wine). Back in […]

What I did So that’s my favourite month – and the summer – over for another year! We managed to squeeze one more barbecue in, for all it’s mostly been raining. Husband (Oli) and I invited a close group of friends over to celebrate our second wedding anniversary, a marriage that was severely tested […]

What I did I’m not quite sure where August went. But it started off in fine fashion. My friends and their incorrigibly cute 2.5 year old daughter came to stay, along with the new addition – Baby Philip who was only about 5 weeks old. I got to steal him for newborn cuddles, while his […]

What I did Well, I turned (whisper it) 30, that’s what I did. Gah! I’m only playing up the thirty-dread, I don’t mind at all really! It’s amusing for me because half of my best friends are “a school year” older than me (and my husband and the rest of said best friends are the […]

What I did Well… more like what DIDN’T I do in June! The month started with a mini-break in the Surrey Hills to celebrate my mother-in-law’s 60th birthday. We rented a converted barn in a farm that dates back to the 1400s and had a great long weekend playing board games, and going for walks […]

I’ve received so many tweets and messages asking me to put together a blog post with my New York itinerary, as I managed to pack quite a lot into four days! So, without further ado, here’s my guide to a whistlestop 100 hours in NYC! You can see my accompanying photo album here. Before you […]

Track 01 The White Stripes – We Are Gonna Be Friends We don’t notice any time pass | We don’t notice anything | We sit side by side in every class Track 02 Matchbox 20 – She’s So Mean I know a girl, she gets what she wants all the time | Cos she’s fine | But […]

What I did After an extremely bipolar April, May didn’t have a very high bar. Off to a good start – my two sisters came to stay for a long weekend. Alongside general eating, mooching, board games and chain-making cups of tea, we also spent the day at Croome Park, a National Trust property where […]